John Batman, the leader of a government roving party, made a dawn attack on an Aboriginal camp, numbering 60 or 70 men, women and children. In his report of the incident to the police magistrate at Oatlands, Batman estimated that 15 Aborigines died of wounds, and that he executed two other wounded prisoners. The incident was reported in the Colonial Times and depositions made by two of Batman?s stock-keepers at the Launceston Police Office on 25 September. This incident does not appear to be a reprisal killing.

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